Petoskey man to be sentenced for sexual contact with 5-year-old

Alex Jacob-Martin Dembs, 21, of Petoskey, who recently pleaded guilty to criminal sexual conduct, is scheduled to be sentenced early next year in 57th Circuit Court.

A Petoskey man who recently pleaded guilty to criminal sexual conduct, is scheduled to be sentenced early next year in 57th Circuit Court.

Alex Jacob-Martin Dembs, 21, was arrested on Nov. 3 by the Petoskey Department of Public Safety for having sexual contact with a 5-year-old girl.

He was originally charged with one count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct - person under 13, a 15-year felony; one count of distributing sexually explicit, visual or verbal matter to children, a two-year felony; and one count of possession of marijuana/spice/salvia, which is a one-year misdemeanor.

On Wednesday, Nov. 24, Dembs accepted a plea agreement offered to him by the Emmet County Prosecutor's Office by pleading guilty to second-degree criminal sexual contact and distributing sexually explicit matter to children. In exchange, his marijuana charge was dismissed.

Dembs is now scheduled to be sentenced for these crimes at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 4, in circuit court.